Proposed Reauthorization for the Tribally Controlled Community College Program. Hearing before the Select Committee on Indian Affairs. United States Senate, Ninety-Seventh Congress, Second Session on S. 2623. To Amend and Extend the Tribally Controlled Community College Assistance Act of 1978, and for Other Purposes.

Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs.

The purpose of the hearing on June 15, 1982 was to hear testimony from the administration, from Indian tribes and organizations, and from tribally controlled community college representatives on S.2623, a bill that would amend and extend the Tribally Controlled Community College Assistance Act of 1978. Representatives who testified from the administration were the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs and Director of the Office of Indian Education Programs, Bureau of Indian Affairs. Indian tribes and organizations represented at the hearing were the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, Chippewa Tribe, Oglala Sioux Tribal Council, National Congress of American Indians, and American Indian Higher Education Consortium. Tribally controlled community colleges represented included: Oglala Sioux Community College, Sinte Gleska Community College, Blackfeet Community College, Salish Kootenai Community College, Turtle Mountain Community College, and Standing Rock Community College. In addition to the testimonies presented, written material submitted to the committee in reference to the hearing is attached. (ERB)